The Affordable Care Act Implications for Youth Aging Out of Foster Care Thanks to the Affordable Care Act, youth transitioning out of foster care can now receive Medicaid coverage up to age 26. This brief highlights the policy change and shares seven ways that states and agencies can work to improve both health insurance access and health outcomes among recent foster care alums. Read More
Case Planning for Healthy Development This issue brief shares a framework for front line workers to use in case planning. The framework uses sustainable social capital and a stable sense of self to help support the healthy development of young people in foster care. It is a product of the Jim Casey Youth Opportunities Initiative. Read More
Community Change: Lessons from Making Connections This report summarizes six key lessons that emerged from the Foundation’s Making Connections initiative and their implications for Casey’s future community change work. Read More
Reviewing State Housing Policy with a Child-Centered Lens Opportunities for Engagement and Intervention This report uses Casey’s Poverty, Permanence and Place framework to analyze state housing policy and its ability to help impoverished families. Read More
Practice Pathways Tool Helping Young People Transitioning from Foster Care to Adulthood This report introduces the Practice Pathways Tool to help states partnering with the Jim Casey Youth Opportunities Initiative identify effective practice components, evaluate existing practices and boost collaboration to advance comprehensive practice reform. The driving force behind the tool is simple: support smarter, sharper decision-making that improves the lives of youth exiting foster care. Read More
Aging Out of Foster Care in America This two-page infographic highlights the steep consequences of stopping foster care at 18 and offers a promising solution: extend high-quality, developmentally-appropriate services to age 21. It is a product of Success Beyond 18, a national campaign by the Jim Casey Youth Opportunities Initiative aimed at forging a better path for youth who are exiting foster care and entering adulthood. Read More
More Better Faster Strategies for Improving the Timeliness of Vital Statistics In this report, industry leaders identify short- and long-term solutions to snags in the vital statistics supply chain. The end goal? Transform the national vital statistics system so that it churns out faster, cleaner data and arms users with the information necessary to address our country’s public health challenges. Read More
Toward Reduced Poverty Across Generations: Full Report Early Findings from New York City's Conditional Cash Transfer Program This comprehensive report offers a preliminary assessment of New York City's conditional cash transfer (CCT) program of paying participants to improve education and workforce skills. Read More
Toward Reduced Poverty Across America: Executive Summary Early Findings from New York City's Conditional Cash Transfer Program This report presents initial findings during rhe first 2 years of a conditional cash transfer program in New York CIty where participants got paid to improve their eduction and workforce skills. Read More
Reconnecting Child Development and Child Welfare Evolving Perspectives on Residential Placement This report discusses the recent acknowledgement that kids need a sense of belonging to a family and the consequences when they are taken out of the home for safety concerns. Read More